Improved weather-strip



UNITED STATES STEPHEN G. SPIGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPPLOVED WEATHEH-STH! F.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. da, llllli., datcdNovember 2:2, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, STEPHEN G. Serena, ot' the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andImproved Mode of Attaching Weather- Strips to the Bottoms of Doors orWindows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsand the letters of reference thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in attaching' a spring, notspiral7but dat or straight, to the bottom of a door or window at one end of thesame, under the weather-strip, for the purpose of raising said stripwhen the door or window is opened; also7 in the arrangemento'f the stripwherebyit strikes against the rabbet oi' the door and is brought closeagainst the door-sill when the door is closed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention7 I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the drawings, Figure l shows the position of the door-strip when thedoor is open, also the arrangement of the door-rabbet against which thestrip and spring strikes when the door is closed. Eig. 2 gives theposition in which the spring is placed at one end ot' the door.

My weather-strip is composed of three pieces running the whole length ofthe bottom of the door, excepting what is cut ofi' to clear the rabbetnext to the hinges ot' the door. Piece i is to be attached to the doorfor the purpose oi connecting hinges, which hinges are to be attached topiece g. Piece h is made to cover t' and g, for the purpose of hidingthe hinges and seam between pieces i and g and making a neat job ofthesame.

S is the spring, which raises the piece g of the weather-strip.

Tis the slot at the bottom of the door-rabbet, against which one end ofpiece g strikes, and in which it imbeds itself when the door is closed.Slot T is covered with thin brass or other metal, as is also the end ofpiece g, which tits in slot T.

I am aware that an invention similar to mine was patented by E. C.Matthewson, ot' Hartford, Connecticut7 on the 16th of May, 1848; butmine ditters from Matthewsons inasmuch as his has a spiral springattached to the center ofthe door under the weather-strip. If saidspiral spring` is strong enough to raise the strip so that it will clearthe sill of the door, it must have force enough to partially raise oneend of the weather-strip, thereby admitting the wind and rain to acertain extent, whereas in mv improvement the spring is at one end andimmeliately against the doorrabbet, which causes said spring to bepowerless when the door is closed. It also dit't'ers from Matthewsonsinvention inasmuch as his door strip is closed by striking' againstapiece etn brass or other metal attached to the bottom of the door andoutside et the rabbet, while my strip is closed by striking against theslot made in the rabbet of the door and at the bottom of the door.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the three strips g 7L t', hinges j, and flat springS, the latter applied to the outer end of the weather-strip 0, and allarranged in the manner herein shown and described, to operate incombination with a recess, T, in the rabbet ofthe door-frame.

In testimony whereotl I hereunto set my hand and sea-l this 31st day ot'January, 1863.

STEPHEN G. SPIGER. Witnesses:

Clins. KLAUDER, Guns. J NYneLM.,

